TSM TAKES THE GOLD: NA LCS SUMMER SPLIT GRAND FINALS RECAP

Today marked the end of
theNorth American League Championship
Series(NA LCS) Summer
Split.

After months of play from Team SoloMid coming
close to the undefeated regular season, only to have it ruined by
Phoenix1, to fan-favorite Echo
Fox being relegated to the Challenger
Series; here is your recap of the NA LCS Summer Split
Grand Final between TSM and Cloud9:

Team SoloMid3-1 Cloud9

Game 1:
The first game of the series was a rout in favor of C9. From first
blood going over to Nicolaj“Jensen”Jensen (6/2/11 as Cassiopeia), to Jung“Impact”Eon-yeong (4/0/11) absolutely dominating every
battle he took part in, C9 saw little opposition in steamrolling
TSM.

Game 2: Take
the previous game’s narrative and switch the teams, then you
have the synopsis of the second game. TSM stomped on C9 in a
relentless fashion, with Yiliang“Doublelift”Peng (8/0/6 as Jhin) outputting 28k damage to
Søren“Bjergsen”Bjerg (4/0/8 as Cassiopeia) convincingly
winning the mid-lane matchup.

Game 3: The
third game was closer, but TSM was still able to edge out the
victory. The push to win came from Dennis“Svenskeren”Johnsen (2/1/11 a Rek’Sai) giving TSM
superior vision by warding throughout the map while keeping C9 from
taking a grip on the vision game. Overall, TSM turned it up and
took the series lead.

Game 4: The
fourth and final game went in favor of TSM due to superior
teamfighting and rotating. Throughout the game, Svenskeren (0/2/13
as Gragas) gave his lanes strong ganks, which led to Doublelift
(8/2/9 as Lucian) making top-tier plays to take the NA LCS Summer
Split Finals.

With this victory, TSM has
earned a top-seed going into the World Championships, and will be
accompanied by second-seeded Counter Logic
Gaming.

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